A riveting, lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Helen of Troy
Bettany Hughes is a historian, author and broadcaster who has devoted much of the last twenty years to the vibrant communication of the past. Her first book, Helen of Troy- Goddess, Princess, Whore was published to great critical acclaim and has now been translated into ten languages. Bettany has made a number of factual films for the BBC, Channel 4, PBS, Discovery, The History Channel and ABC for both the British and International markets including The Spartans, When The Moors Ruled in Europe, Athens-The Truth of Democracy, The Women of the Bible and Helen of Troy. These have now been seen by over 100 million worldwide.
Hughes cleverly extracts the man from the dramatic scene-setting...
This intelligent, bright-eyed vigorous book [has] a life as vibrant
and provocative as that lived by its subject
*The Times*
In The Hemlock Cup Bettany Hughes does a very good job of
recreating the material world in which Socrates lived...she is up
to date on recent archaeological discoveries... She writes frankly
of the nastiness of the world in which Socrates grew up and
lived
*Sunday Times*
No physical aspect of life as experienced by an Athenian man is
left out...Hughes's expert attempts to make him flesh and blood, to
fill in the gaps...teach us about the value of the real as well as
the philosophical
*Scotsman*
Terrific and passionate writing about a philosopher whose heroism
is unquestionable (though that heroism resides in a constant
questioning); and as lively and learned an introduction to
classical Athens as you could want
*Daily Telegraph*
Hughes's prose is the literary equivalent of CGI, re-creating for
the reader a sense of the clamour and dazzle of the classical city
that has rarely been bettered
*Observer*
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